PunckCS: "so your basis for saying that it's shit is because its not done yet?"
BobtheNewt: "a bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush."
PunckCS: "fucking ass, don't give me these biblical verses or whatever"
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| The Vede's "Holy Crap!" Moment | | | Author: | | | IP: | dock14-0XXXX | | Date: | 01/24/01 07:01 | | Game Type: | Starcraft | | Labels: | none | | Report Rating: , # of Ratings: 1, Max: 4, Min: 4
Lifetime Rating for DoneGetter_Vede: 4.0000 |  |
NOTE: Sorry about the lack of pictures or an otherwise interesting looking report, but since I can't be bothered to learn HTML right now, I'm going to report about this very good game while it's fresh in my mind. So, without further delay...)
DoneGetter_Vede's "Holy Crap!" Moment
OR
How "The Vede" Got Owned By A Very Good Protoss Player
It was a typical winter day in Winnipeg during mid-January: cold, cloudy, trucks pouring sand over the streets, which would predictably make my car very dirty indeed. It was much the same on the ~NOHUNTERS channel on B.Net: most of the more professional and skilled players were off playing with their new toys, leaving the StarCraft wilds to untrained newbies and barbaric l33t d00dz, spamming the tranquil silence with cries for me to visit their cool new porn site.
Who could bring order to this now wild and lawless land, now that the forces of order were off on vacation? Who would stomp these savages into submission?
Who, in short, could get it done?
It looked like a job for "The Vede" (and yes, by the way, that IS my real name...)
Ok, lets drop this epic crap right now. It's becoming harder to type (as the effects of liberal amounts of King Cobra slowly manifest) and as my hand slowly drifts over to the mini bar located next to my computer, it's becoming hard to be profound and intelligent sounding with one hand (the other is holding my drink, thank you very much...)
Soon after spamming the bots on NoHunters and trash talking with slow witted newbies (or, perhaps, people who have consumed liberal amounts of alcohol), I finally found someone to play against, a guy named <_DangerProbe_> (who will henceforth be known as Probe...hehe) who thought he was better than me. I hosted a game of Lost Temple, he got in, and after both sticking with Random for our race choices, i stated and we proceeded to get it done.
I started off on the 9:00 position as the stalwart Terrans (yesss...) and our friend Probe started off at 12:00. After building a depot at my soon-to-be-expansion's choke, i sent the SCV on a scouting mission to all three starting positions in a clockwise manner. Obviously, to my delight, I immediatly discovered Probe (who was playing as the honorable and shiny Protoss) and sent the peon back home, who's quick work may have won the game for me.
The scout recieved a half day's off for his excellent work.
After finishing another depot and a rax at my choke, it was time to start up an Academy and start mining gas.
However, now that Probe also knew my race, he soon chanced upon my hard working peons with a scouting probe. The cowardly worker fled before my fearsome force of 2 SVCs, who abandoned their construction sites, as they tried to cut the little bastard down with their fusion cutters...
...and promptly ran into a force of 5 zealots and 3 dragoons. Holy crap, that was a fast cyber-core!
You can tell who won this battle. Now let us never speak of it again.
Now I was in a bit of trouble. I had only a tiny force of marines (with stim only, no upgrades) and they numbered only five or so. As Probe's forces charged my depot wall, the little marines fired away for all they were worth.
It wasn't good enough.
The zealots and goons managed to punch through my choke, killing all my marines with only 2 zealots and a goon lost on their side. Rounding the bend, they charged up my ramp...
...straight into my huge maurading force of SCVs (about 20 or so). This little move must have caught him off guard, because I was able to micro my little peons to victory.
Yes, I had won this round, but I was in trouble. Probe had managed to take out my defenses and most of my worker force, and he undoubtfully had another wave coming in any time now. I quickly rebuilt my defenses, started up a factory, and built a wall of bunkers at my choke. Half marines, half firebats.
How the hell had he gotten dragoons so fast? Remember, this was only a few minutes into the game, and i hadn't even built any factory units yet. I needed siege NOW.
It wasn't quick enough. As my first tank rolled off the assembly line, a huge force of goons crashed into my bunker defense. Since I had expected a zealot rush, my firebats didn't help me much. I managed to kill about half of the maurading goons before they wiped out my last marine, and then my barracks and depots.
As a force of about 20 dragoons charged up the ramp towards my peon line, my command center, and my last siege tank, I gave a hearty "GG" and surrendered.
"Lessons Learned"
- You need to work like a maniac at the start of the game. Probe managed to lull me into a lax attitude before the game with his apparent lack of skill with StarCraft. I should have worked harder.
- Never, EVER, let a Toss player get ahead in the mineral wars. He WILL own you, and that's the bottom line.
- Scout early, scout often. If I had sent another peon to check out his base, I might have spotted his cyber core and planned accordingly.
- Probe owned my ass. He was and is likely a better player than me, and he deserves kudos for a great game.
And yes, I will include such things as pictures and a more attractive looking report next time. I promise. :)
-DoneGetter_Vede |
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